ITT Technical Institute
Reviews and Complaints
www.itt-tech.edu
Phillip W Kky
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Credits for itt tech
I hate that this school requires 96 credits for you to graduate with a A.S. degree. It is wrong because the school doesn't specify this and now I can graduate due that I'm 2.5 credits short. So im I went through all this hard work just to come up short. I already gave out invites and now I'm going to have to say I'm not graduating from school. I will need help in convincing the school to change their policies . Another thing is the school is not accredited and it's possible that my credits will not transfer to another school.
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Anonymous
Orlando, Florida
Educational system in place at this institution is faulty.
I have decided not to continue attending ITT Tech as the educational system in place at this institution is faulty. Fees per credit are astoundingly high in comparison to other institutions and the requirement of four credits per course, in comparison to three credits per course at other institutions have also influenced my decision. I have always struggled with the system in place where students attend class once a week for four hours rather than twice weekly for two hours. It is very difficult to learn, process, and retain material in this period of time. I have had professors dismiss class early as they, too, have felt overwhelmed and exhausted to be in class for four hours. I have also experienced a vast lack of learning as professors do not truly teach, apply structure, or discipline due to the outrageous lack of respect and defiance many students demonstrate toward professors. I have been baffled to receive study guides for exams which have turned out to be the exam itself! Of course, everyone will receive a perfect score as all that was required was to memorize the answers to the study guide and answer the exact same questions, in the same order as they appear in study guide, on the exams. My time and effort at ITT Tech have been a tremendous waste of time and money as I can honestly say that I have not aquired any new knowledge and professors basically give all students high marks without teaching and challenging individuals at all. Additionally, this past quarter, we underwent the outrageous and unprofessional experience of having numerous professors "teaching" one course as the former professors left the institution in search of higher salaries elsewhere. As these professors resigned, ITT Tech assigned professors who lacked course material knowledge and, as a result, failed to adequately teach. The abovementioned issues are some of the reasons I now feel overwhelmed and anxious as I am now in financial debt and I feel like I did my first day of class. I have not learned any new material as I was not presented with any learning material which was challenging or state-of-the-art. I have no newly-acquired learning or educational assets to add to my resume nor do I feel that my short time at ITT Tech contributed any valuable or useful knowledge which would aid me in broadening my horizons in my field in the working world.
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BONNYE Z
Carmel, Indiana
Itt tech of san diego is a rip off!!!!!!!
I know I am not the perfect student but I work hard in school. I accept when I fail a class when its my fault but when it is the instructors fault no way. I have been trying to change the grade for one of my classes and when they are about to change it they always come up with *** excuses for the grade not to change. It is not my fault that my program changes chairs like a person changes underwear and that they cant keep track of the conversations they have with students and losing a students paper and saying you never got it. This school has been trying to take more money from me just because not enough students are signing up for the programs. All I want is justice and for them to change the grade for that class. they wont even take witnesses to testify that I actually did my work and participated. WTF? THIS SCHOOL SUCKS DONT COME HERE IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME I WOULD HAVE NEVER NEVER APPLIED HERE.
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PISSEDOFFTECH
Austin, Texas
ITT-TECH RIP OFF
I was a student in the Computer Networking Class...Graduated with a solid GPA....What pissed me off so much is that after graduation there was very little job placement and let us not forget the huge amount of student loans I had to take out. 40,000.00 in the hole and huge student loan payments.... I have been out of school 4 years now and last time I spoke to our career services department they took my email address and never replied... The real I.T. world laughs at my degree...I cant get a decent job higher than phone tech support and I am very disappointed that I let ITT-TECH play on my desire for a better life.... If your considering going to the Austin TX campus..RUN AWAY....FLEE......AVOID THE LIES......AVOID THE CRUSHING DEBT.......
Loss:
$40
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sylexpissed B
Detroit, Michigan
Emily Campbell of ITT Tech lies
I sent a complaint to the Better Business Bureau. My complaint was about ITT Tech and career services and trying to finish my degree program nights only. Emily Campbell of ITT Troy lied in stating, "ITT does not offer night classes only for any degree of study." I was attending night classes at ITT for my degree and would have graduated by taking night only classes. I had to leave ITT due to a job loss, but not I can come back but ITT will not let me finish my degree. I wish I never went to ITT Technical Institute.
Loss:
$25
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Anonymous
High Point, North Carolina
ITT-TECH of HighPoint N.C.
They suck people in with easy test to enroll,then once you are in,they expect you to understand assignments without explaining the details to you.They change your schedules,and expect you to be there even if you have a job.They want money,so they fail students and students have to take extra classes. students can not use their credits at other schools,if they decide to change to a better school. ITT-TECH is a rip off!!They say they help thier students with a career,but they will not help a student make it in classes.I doubt they really help students,they are there to help themselves.
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Anonymous
Atlanta, Georgia
ITT Technical Institute is a SCAM & Ripoff!!!
If anyone out there is considering going to ITT Technical Institute, DON'T go!!! This school is a for-profit nightmare, they will suck you in, hook line and sinker and then stick you with a bunch of student loans you can't possibly pay off, then expecy you to take some menial, mediocre job that doesn't even require a high school education. Very insulting! I started out going here because I liked the smaller class sizes and majored in criminal justice, hoping to become a victim's advocate or work in any semi-professional capcity within the criminal justice system...I did the work, graduated with honors, always was on time to my classes...and what did I get instead? Thousands in student loans, daily harassment by student loan companies, and no prospects for work. The school actually insults me by expecting me to take jobs like Loss Prevention or Janitor, as if these are reputable jobs!!!?? It's beyond insulting. And the career services director had the nerve to tell me that many graduates choose to not go into their field...Excuse me, but what is ITT paying you for sir? Aren't you supposed to give a (pardon the pun) rat's behind about graduates who showed up and did the work, instead of constantly forwarding us dead end jobs. This school is a total SCAM. I will be forwarding my complaints to whomever will listen.
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OZ Tfj
Grants Pass, Oregon
ITT-Tech is now using Hospitals to help them collect
I received a call this morning from ECMC (Erie County Medical Center, located in Western New York) that started with Hi I am calling about your ITT Balance. I was Shocked and Pissed! Apparently Itt-Tech is now using your local hospitals Mental Health Staff to see why your not paying your inflated school loan. Some history I attended 1 semester and 1 hour of my 2nd semesters 1st day then left with a medical discharge. Not only have I sent letters to them from my doctor (whom by the why is Not affiliated with ECMC but with the VA Hospital in my area) which went ignored. Now I have to revisit this stress and have the VA's legal arm see if they can help. I went to ITT to hone my programming skills as I am already a programmer. I ran after I ended up practically teaching intro to PC's 101, English or communications was nothing more than how to work in a group and how to use Office 2007. Then speaking to a programming student that was graduating in weeks. I learned more than him from YouTube, other sites and books from Barnes and Noble. They use antiquated Heathkit educational lesson plans on P3 Win XP machines. ITT-Tech really is a useless degree mill. Don't believe me call a couple of local HR Reps and see what they think of a degree from ITT. (BEWARE TO BE SHOCKED)!!! Go to a local college and get a real degree. Don't listen to the ITT commercials they should be up for an Emmy in the BS fiction category. Thanks for reading my ranting and a warning to fellow Veterans just coming home. Treat ITT as hostile territory with no way out once you crossed their border.......
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Angela G Mxk
Los Angeles, California
Ripped Off by ITT Technical Institute
I am a former student of ITT Tech, and I'm in the process of forming a case against ITT Tech for fraud based on deceptive business practices, false advertising and predatory lending practices. Anyone who wishes to participate in this effort is free to contact me on my new blog site, www.idiotnotes.com. My goal is to gather evidence from former staff and students from all over the country and present this evidence to the appropriate agencies who can put a stop to what they are still being allowed to do. Even better than that, I hope to be able to put a strong enough class-action case together on all of our behalves to convince the courts to force ITT to reimburse us for the costs we've all incurred because of their deception. If we can all get together and fight this, maybe we can at least cause some kind of student loan reform where this illegal activity is no longer allowed to continue and it can no longer rack up victims. And yes, we are victims...we were charged for goods and services that the company did not even attempt to deliver or provide and we deserve to be compensated, or at the very least we deserve a refund of all charges incurred because of this fraud.
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nahgra
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Avoid ITT Technical Institute
I wish I would have listened to my brother when he told me not to attend ITT Tech. He graduated in 2004 and had a very hard time getting a job. He eventually found a great job through a friend. He has friends in high positions and they let him know that they really don't like hiring people from ITT because they give degrees to everyone. In fact, they even made the news in my city when a student submitted a recipe and received an "A" with a "Good Job" comment. My problems with ITT Tech occurred quickly. I first enrolled in August of 2009, but due to a family emergency I had to drop...way before classes started. I re enrolled in December and noticed right away that you will be given an "A" no matter what kind of work you turn in. After three months of utter *** I decided to dropout and attend another school. Right before I did I found out that they never turned in my financial aid papers on top of that they kept my Pell Grant from August. They never sent it back like they were suppose to do. I contacted the Dept of Education and they said what ITT Tech did was illegal. That's not the worse of it, when I called to drop out the woman was extremely angry and unprofessional. I made sure that I was officially dropped out and signed at a different school and thank heavens I did because two weeks later after I was officially dropped from the school. I found out that they tried to take a loan out under my name. If I hadn't signed up at a different school when I did..they would have gotten away with it. Also if you're thinking about enrolling at ITT Tech do a little searching on the web because many of their campuses have been raided!
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Sick o Tkg
Hamlin, West Virginia
ITT Tech
To all those that have been in the ITT world, many believe it to be a scam. I have read a lot about it recently. I'm asking that all those that have had a bad experience with not being able to use those degrees or have a problem with loans to call your states Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau and any educational dept that funds such schools and file a legal complaint. This may lead to a class action law suit in the state that ITT's headquarters are based in branching out to all others. Providing the original student loan papers and documents that are bases of fraud (such as loan repayment demands from loan companies not applied for and extremely high interest loan documents...each state has a limit on the amount of interest allowed).
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Lissete Mgr
Carmel, Indiana
PLEASE READ BEFORE ATTENDING ITT TECH
to anyone thinking of attending, please listen to me. i worked at a campus in southeastern Pennsylvannia for a period of only a few months..thats all i needed..It is a sales job, the directors tell you that, the schools dean tells you that, thats all our job was..We get leads from only god knows where from, and are told to call them 3 times a day for 3 days in a row..if we get ahold of a potential student, there is an entire corporate script we are told to follow with all the right questions to ask people in order to bring them in for an appointment..and trust me, we have to report to our director how many "appointments" we scheduled.. once you are in, dont think your just coming in for a tour or whatever they told you on the phone.. they will ask you to check a box on the new presentation to apply, then youll test, and meet with financial aid..the reps get points for each one of these processes you go through and at the end of the week the points are tallied and that determines who gets the best "leads" for the next week..LIKE I SAID, it is all sales..NEXT..the tuition is roughly 48,000 dollars..i personally went to a four year, Division 1 school for less than that..ITT will only offer you an associates degree for that 48,000..you can get your bachelors, which wil cost you almost as much..all told you will be on the hook for almost the price it would of cost you to go to a private college such as University of Penn...Another thing to be VERY WEARY OF..the credits earned at ITT Tech WILL NOT TRANSFER...WILL NOT TRANSFER TO ANY OTHER COLLEGE other than pierce college, which ITT Tech owns..Yes, they are accredited by the ACICS..do yourself a favor and look at the acics website and tell me how many of the schools they accredit you have ACTUALLY heard of..I was gimmicked into the idea my position was going to be as an admissions counselor, i wanted to help people..please, PLEASE reconsider when you think of attending this school..If you dont beleive me, ask to tour the school and see the room where your "Admissions rep" works..look around to see if there is anything resembiling a contest or such on the walls or on their desks..those contests are being held to see how many of YOU they can get into..read some of the papers hanging on tere desks and cubicles, they are all scripts on how to get people in..beleive me
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OZ Tfj
Grants Pass, Oregon
ITT Tech nothing but a useless Degree mill
I attended ITT-Tech in NY for one quarter then left. Why you may ask,because I spoke with several companies HR personnel at a local technology job fair. What I was told made me sick to my stomach. ITT Tech Degrees are considered to be what amounts to scrap paper. Some of the reps asked what real degrees did I have. 3 told me that applicants that held ITT Tech Degrees were not even considered for a position with their company. Most told me that an ITT graduate may be considered depending on previous work experience. Prior to going to ITT Tech and learning outdated or inadequate material. So I figured this was because other applicants went to real State and Local colleges. So I started my real homework and began research into these accusations. What was told to me was on the money "My Loan Money" to be truthful! After e-mailing HR dept's asking if an ITT Tech graduate had a chance of working for them. The reply's were down right rude if I received a reply at all. From the companies that did reply the communication was less than promising. If I wanted a basic in the door position or with their sales dept. The chances were there. However only to fill a chair that graduates from real colleges passed by. Unless prior job experience insulated your ITT Tech Degree. They (the HR people) were more interested in what positions you had held in the past. That is if you wanted a position that paid more than 20K a year. In my case I had 20+ years in work experience in the field I was seeking a position in. I am being non specific for a good reason. ITT Tech has excellent law firms on retainer. Honestly this bothers me as I do not need a lawsuit for slander or misrepresentation. So I wanted to warn those who watch these so called life changing commercials ITT Tech spends your degree money on. I don't expect you to believe me. Do your own homework, contact the HR dept's of the companies you dream of working for. Before you get suckered into the ITT Tech Degree mill. Then listen to what they have to say "Go to a real college". Then get a Degree that is worth more than the paper it is printed on. Preparing you for the future, should say Preparing you to pay us for a very long time!! Yes most good educations you do pay for a long time. However you have a position with a reputable company and can afford to pay your school loans and run a family. As a school loan is not covered by any bankruptcy protection. You will be flipping burgers or filling gas until you retire. Or until you go to another college and get a Degree that will get you a position that will pay off both loans. That is if you can get another loan. Remember this all goes down on your credit record and Loan Officers don't want to hear your story. They hear them all the time. To the students that graduated from ITT Tech and disagree with me. Congratulations, you won the employment lottery. To those watching those well rehearsed commercials. Do your real homework as I stated above. Karma goes around and ITT Tech will get theirs and it will not be pretty. Watch for future posts, as I will start either a Yahoo group of disgruntled students or a website with the possible intent on a class action suit. Remember David did take down Goliath, ITT Tech needs to reimburse those they *** or just shut down and go away, period.
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Adeleine Rkb
Yuba City, California
Ripped off for a *** of a degree at ITT Tech
I was convinced that this schoool would give me an amazing education in the Drafting and Design field. Well they start you in a couple of classes that actually pertain to your career field to get you excited, then slowly you see yourself in classes that have ABSOLUTLY nothing to do with that field. Then, because they are so money hungry, they keep signing students up when there is no room for them so you have to SHARE classrooms! What a joke! For $44K I have to struggle to hear my teacher while trying to not be distracted by an entire different class going on right next to me!? DO NOT SIGN UP YOURSELF OR YOUR CHILD UP FOR THIS HORRID SCHOOL! I could have had a more enjoyable time going to a community college and received the same if not better educational benefits for a fraction of the cost! Plus, I graduated 6 months ago, and chose not to walk for graduation (what's the point, not like I'm proud I went there), and I STILL haven't received my degree. Knowing the school they'll have a reason why they can't release it with out needing more money!
Loss:
$44
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Anonymous
San Francisco, California
ITT Tech is 100% Ripoff!
I am a former employee at ITT. I left because I couldn't ethically continue to do what management wanted me to do which was lie just to get students in and get signatures on their loan papers. As long as the money keeps flowing in anybody is passed regardless whether they do the work required for the program. No reputable employer even accepts their phony degrees! Their credits do not transfer and they make you take out high interest private loans to cover tuition because government financial aid will not cover all of the costs. Students do not get any financial aid checks back and most often end up so deep in debt that they can never dig themselves out. A Bachelor degree will end up costing you $100,000.00 RUN, don't walk, AWAY from this ripoff school.
Loss:
$100
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I graduated ITT in 2001. I never recovered from the debt.
Needless to say it is 2015 and I am currently homeless. I attempted to return to school to reclaim my life but not even community colleges would accept credits from ITT. 2 years of my life and all the money for tuition was for nothing. At least I didn't try to go for a "bachelors" and end up with even more debt.
Just a warning.
Don't fall for the lies and promises of an easy road through ANY for-profit institution. In the long run you will regret it. Maybe not immediately but eventually down the road you will be kicking yourself guaranteed.
Start off at a community college for a fraction of the cost. Yes it may take you longer and be more challenging but you will never reget it years after.
I have been going part time to ITT and will graduate soon. I have found an area college that will take their credits if I want to transfer.
A lot of these complaints seem really weak, a person should really check with employers before making a decision about where to attend school. A lot will accept ITT graduates, but you don't know if you don't ask.
...the obvious immediate solution rather than complicate your present situation by trying to transfer schools where your credits may not be accepted would be: FINISH YOUR 2.5 CREDITS!!!
That way at least you will graduate and all of your efforts will no go to waste. Then, if you still wish to, attend another, more reputable school.
ITT Tech's problem - or more to the point, your problem - is that they are not regionally accredited. This is why most of their credits are worthless when you go to transfer.
They are "nationally accredited" which sounds nice but is of virtually no value to anyone planning to pursue continuing education beyond ITT. Regional accreditation is what you want a school to have. The accreditation agencies evaluate programs for quality and comparability, which is what gives different colleges assurance that when you transfer into their program you've met a predefined level of competency. You can't get that with ITT.
However, rather than blame ITT for your situation you should be willing to bear some of the responsibility yourself.
You must ALWAYS evaluate any organization that is going to receive a large sum of your money. Had you done a little searching on the Internet you could have found out a bit about them before you spent so much on an education that may not be worth anything in the job market.
the school is accredited..accreditation means you can receive student aid, it does not mean credits transfere. Most schools do not accept the credits but that is explained in the video that they show. ITT meets the accreditation standards and is very up front about the school.
Are u serious
Not only will your credits not transfer but you will soon find out that most employers will not hire ITT Tech graduates.
You're right! They see ITT Tech everyone frowns! I feel like it was such a waste to attend this school!